Volume UI not responding then greyed out


Oxygenolic

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Hello.

I don't know if anyone have experienced the same problem as me but overtime my Windows 11 volume UI stops working until I reboot my machine. The case goes like this:
  1. I have two different speakers, one is on my monitor and second is a headphone.
  2. Randomly, usually after my machine has not been rebooted for >1 week, when I try to switch between speaker using the volume UI from the tray, the UI gets unresponsive and I can't click on anything.
  3. If I click somewhere else that is not the UI, it will eventually closed and I can't even open it anymore using the tray icon.
  4. If I restart explorer.exe, I could open it again but this time every settings in there like night light, accessibility, cast, and the volume slider greyed out. The volume itself still works though, I just can't switch my speaker.
  5. Currently in order to fix this I just need to reboot my machine.
Now does anyone know why this happens on the first place? Is there an alternative to fix this instead of rebooting my machine?

Here is the picture of the greyed out volume UI: (even the setting cog itself gets greyed out)
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Thank you.
 
Windows Build/Version
23H2 - 22631.3447

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    MSI
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-9600K
    Motherboard
    MSI Z390 Gaming Plus
    Memory
    32GB GEIL DDR4 EVO X II PC24000
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AIRO AIO27X
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    ADATA SX8200PRO 512GB
    PSU
    Seasonic Core Gold GC-650
    Case
    be quiet! Gaming Case PURE BASE 500 White
    Cooling
    CRYORIG H5 Universal
    Keyboard
    Akko 3098 EVA-01
    Mouse
    Fantech
    Internet Speed
    300 Mpbs
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Win Defender

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